Löt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - löt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "löt" (or lǫt) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

löt (lǫt): löt, f. (G. latar) Bestræbelse for at afholdeen fra noget, Grund som er skikket tilat fraraade en noget (jvf letja e-n e-s);svá var flokkr sá ákafr, at hverr eggjaðiannan en engi var til latanna (&vl latanar) dvs. at alle tilskyndede hinanden (nl. til at veita atgöngu), men der fandtesingen, som vilde fraraade det, Sturl. I,28521; til þessarrar ferðar vóru flestirheldr ófúsir ok töldu margar latar áSturl. I, 24322; konungr fór mjök undanok taldi allar latar á um ferð þessadvs. anførte alle de Grunde, som talteimod, at de skulde gjøre denne Reise, Fld. III, 1433; engar vóru ok latar áhinum bróðurnum, er sykn var, heldrinnti hann jafngjarna allan iðranarhátt,sem hinn, er misgert hafði HeilaG. II,50210; at því röskligarr risi hann uppmeð vernd ok frjálsi kirkjunnar, semnú í nálægð hafði löt á vorðit þeirristaðfestu, sem hann var guði skyldugrThom. 33929.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, löt may be more accurately written as lǫt.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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